Artist&#39;s palette.



No. 817,196. PATENTED APR. l0, 1906.

D. G. SMITH.

ARTISTS PALBTTE.

APYLIGATION FILED un.. 24. 190s.

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DEA C. SMITH, OF MEXICO, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES A.BUGKNER, OF MEXICO, MISSOURI.

HTISTS FLIETTE..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 10, 1906.

To all whom t muy concern;

Be it known that I, DEA C. SMITH, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Mexico, in the county of Audrain and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Artists Palettes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The palette of this invention is intended more particularly for use inchina painting, and has for its object to provide means for seeregatingthe different colors spread on the paette, s0 as to insure the purity ofeach of the colors by preventing their accidental mixture. Anotherobject of the invention is to pro vide ample space in the center of thepalette for the easy manipulation of the pigments and to so'arrange thepalette that it may be easily cleaned and the parts thereof assembled ina neat and compact manner.

Another object of the invention is to so arrange the palette-cover thatit will serve as a rest or easel for the pictures which are preferablypainted upon china or porcelain,

enabling the study to be firmly held in place during the paintingoperation regardless of size or shape.

Another object of the invention is to provide a suitable receptacle forthe brushes and means for resting the brushes and elevating` the brushends when covered with paint.

The invention consists in the features of construction and thecombination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of the interior of the palette, showing the detachable coverraised; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the outer face of the cover andpalette; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the cover used as a rest for thestudies; Fig. 4, a view of one of the clasps for holding the cover inplace, and Figs. 5 and 6 perspective details of a single compartment forthe pigments cut off from the remaining com artments.

T e palette consists, essentially, of a box 1, preferably of j apannedtin, having around its edge a narrow flange 2, the inner face 3 of theboX, which forms the mixing-surface of the paints, being referablycomposed of semiporcelain, whic enables the palette as a whole to bereadily cleaned and scraped. At one end of the box is atransversely-eXtend ing partition 4, which leaves an elongatedreceptacle 5 for the brushes, and one end 6 of the receptacle ispreferably rounded and outwardly sloped, which enables thebrushreceptacle to be more readily cleaned than if it were provided withsharp angles for the accumulation of paint and oil. The paintreceptacleis provided with a bridge 7 which forms a suitable rest for elevatingthe brushes, especially when covered with paint, and at the same timeallows the brushes to be shoved under the bridge to lie flat in thereceptacle when it is desired to close the palette.

Around three sides of the palette are located a series of removablepartitions or stalls 8, each having inwardly-tapered side Walls 9 andconnected together to form an integral whole, and said block of stallsis provided with a straight rear wall 11 for abutment against the sideflanges of the palettebox, and the inner faces 12 of the stalls aresloped` and rounded and are formed to converge toward the center, whichenables the paint and sediment to be easily wiped out of the stalls,which would not be the case ifl sharp angles Were provided. At thecorners of the palette are located oil-receptacles 13, which enable theeasy manipulation and mixture of the paints. The oil-receptacles andstalls 0r compartments are preferably formed of semiporcelain, so thatthe entire surface exposed to the paint will be of noncorrosive andeasily-cleaned material.

The palette is closed by means of a cover 141, which is preferablyformed of japanned tin, and is provided on its inner face with a pair ofspring-clips 15 and on its outer face with a supporting-brace 16 forenabling the cover to be sustained in an upright position, as in Fig. 8.The supporting-brace is provided with laterally extending arms 17, whichare entered into sockets 18, allowing the brace as a Whole to becollapsed or folded up, as shown in Fig. 2, or distended, as shown inFig. 3. The cover is further provided at one end withsupporting-brackets 19, which when the cover is used as an easel areadapted to support the studies 20, which are firmly held in place bymeans of the spring-clips 15.

The palette-box is provided with a plurality of hinge-clasps 21, eachprovided with side flanges 22 and an arm 23 for pivoting the clasp tothe palette-box. The clasps are adapted to be turned into the positionshown,

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in Fig. 2 to engage the cover and hold the cover Jfirmly in position onthe box and are adapted to be turned back to release the cover and allowthe removal of same,

In use the various pigments .are placed into the several stalls orcompartments, leaving the center of the palette-box free for the mixtureof the colors, and in this way each of the igments is definitelyseparated from the ot ers, which prevents its accidental mixture andkeeps the palette clean for the proper mixture of the paints. Thebrushreceptacle is located in convenient proximity to the mixing-surfaceand is provided with a rest which enables one brush to be laid asideduring the manipulation of another.

When it is desirable to clean the alette, the several stalls orpartitions can e very easily cleaned by wiping the paint from therounded surfaces, and the absence of corners prevents the accumulationof paint and sediment at inaccessible points.

The palette-cover when removed to expose the mixing surface of thepalette serves a useful function in providing a support or easel for thestudies, and the provision of the two spring clips and the bracketsupports enables studies of different sizes to be positioned on theeasel. The clasps employed for securing together the palette-box andWhat I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A palette provided in its center with an open space for the mixing ofpigments and provided along its edge with a series of com-.

partments open toward the center and closed at the sides for thereception of the pigments prior to their mixture, and a removable coverprovided with a bracket for the support of studies, substantially asdescribed.

2. A palette provided in its center with an open space for the mixing ofpigments and provided along the edge with a series of compartments opentoward the center and closed at its sides for the reception of thepigments prior to their mixture, a removable cover provided with asupporting device for holding studies, and further provided with asupporting-brace for holding the cover in a substantially uprightposition as an easel, substantially as described.

DEA C. SMITH.

Witnesses:

JOHN T. PIcKET'rs, ALMA L. WILLIAMS.

